Add comments about the magic

distributed-system-analysis · May 24, 2022 · ad1b263 · ad1b263
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diff --git a/agent/bench-scripts/unittests b/agent/bench-scripts/unittests
@@ -307,9 +307,13 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -z "${_PBENCH_LEGACY_UNITTESTS_LIST}" ]]; then
+    # List the tests we are going to run without running them.  This is helpful
+    # when adding a new test to either use an unused test number or add another
+    # one.
     cat ${_testroot}/tests.lis
-    rm ${_testroot}/tests.lis
-    touch ${_testroot}/tests.lis
+    # We empty list once displayed so that the execution loop below becomes a
+    # "no-op" and exits cleanly. 
+    > ${_testroot}/tests.lis
 fi
 
 export _date_suffix="1900.01.01T00.00.00"